Person
- Born
- 1968-12-18
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Film & TV
Acting · Milton, Florida, USA
Casper Van Dien's breakthrough role was as the lead in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997). Still one of the most talked about films of 1997 that has one of the largest cult followings in film history. He was also in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed film Sleepy Hollow (1999), as Brom Bones. He was the 20th Tarzan and the only one to ever film in Africa and ride an African…
Known for
- River Sunset — James Doolittle2026
- Guns of Redemption — Luke2025
- Ruthless Bastards — Nico Hawk2025
- Murder at Hollow Creek — Bill Brooks2024
- Heart of a Champion — Clint2023
- The Flood — Russell Cody2023
- Hunt Club — Carter2023
- Daughter — Father2023
- Monsters of California — Myers2023
- Mad Heidi — President Meili2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 29
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,533x
- Densely Connected Convolutional Networks
· 2017 · cited 32,786x
- Molecular dynamics with coupling to an external bath
· 1984 · cited 28,468x
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,111x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,845x
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Key facts
- Born
- Casper Robert Van Dien Jr. , ( 1968-12-18 ) December 18, 1968 (age 57) , Milton, Florida , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1984 – present
- Spouses
- Carrie Mitchum ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 ) Catherine Oxenberg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 8, 1999</span>"}]]}'>1999 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2015 ) Jennifer Wenger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. June 2018</span>"}]]}'>2018 )
- Children
- 4, including Grace Van Dien
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 December 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Q7913292
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milton
- Child
- Grace Van Dien
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Florida State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
Casper Robert Van Dien Jr. (born December 18, 1968) is an American actor, best known for his lead role as Johnny Rico in the science-fiction action film Starship Troopers (1997). Other credits include Sleepy Hollow (1999), Sanctimony (2000), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006), Watch Over Me (2006–2007), Born to Ride (2011), Shiver (2012), Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2013), Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2017), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), and Mad Heidi (2022).
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